Tilting box or receptacle



Patented J'an. 24, I899.

J. G. MURPHY.

TILTING BOX 0R REGEPTACLE.

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Patented Ian. 24, I899.

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No. 6l8,l20. Patented Jan. 24, I899.

J. C. MURPHY.

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(Application filed 1m. 19, 1898.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets$heet 3.

llivrrn STATES PATENT JOHN C. MURPHY, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS TILTING BOX 0R REGEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,120, dated January 24, 1899.

Application filed March 19,1898.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN G. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting Boxes or Receptacles for Containing Garbage, Ashes, or other Material, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tilting boxes or receptacles for containing garbage, ashes, or other material.

While the broad invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the tilting box, which can be used for holding garbage or any other material, it will be understood that additional parts and devices may be incorporated with the tilting box to adapt it for other uses, such as a sifting device, so that coal and ashes can be separated from each other and the ashes stored within the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cover for the box which will automatically limit the tilting movement of the box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tilting box with a pivoted cover, which will permit the box to be tilted and cover the same whenever the box has resumed its normal position.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a box adapted to receive and sift ashes or receive garbage or both ashes and garbage.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View showing my improved tilting box in its simplest form. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the box provided with a sifting device and adapted to be used as an ash-sifter. Fig. 3 is a front view showing the manner of pivoting the box in a fence or frame, a portion of the box being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation showing the box provided with the sifting device and also a chute for garbage.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all of the figures, I will first describe my improved tilting box in its simplest form.

A designates a box or receptacle, which is Serial No. 674,457. (No modela) pivotally supported in an opening a of the fence or frame a by means of hinges B of some suitable form, secured on the stringer b of the fence. The size and shape of the box may be varied as desired, and it is preferably supported so that it will hang clear of the ground when in its normal position and swing freely through the opening in the fence or frame, so that its contents may be removed. The top of the box is preferably inclined in the manner illustrated in the drawings, and a cover 0 is secured to the upper stringer b of the fence or frame by means of a hinge o. The front 0 of the box extends, preferably, just under the upper stringer b, and the cover 0 rests on the front and back and sides of the box, as illustrated in the drawings, so as to form a tight joint and prevent the escape of dust or noxious odors.

The cover rests lightly, but squarely, upon the box, and the construction and arrangement are such that the box may be tilted backward into the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the cover then swinging down loosely and in position to be carried into its normal position when the box is swung back into a vertical position. The cross-piece D is secured on the back of the box, and it projects sufficiently beyond the sides of the box to engage the fence or frame to prevent the box from tilting forward out of its vertical position. In order to prevent the box tilting backward too far, I provide a cross-piece d on the front, which may be arranged to engage the fence when the box is tilted backward, as shown in Fig. 2, or it maybe located in such a manner that the cover in sliding over the front of the box will engage the cross-piece, as indicated in Fig. 1, to limit the backward tilt of the box.

A tilting box constructed in the manner herein shown and described possesses manyadvantages and features of convenience. It can be supported in a fence in such a manner that it is accessible from the yard to re ceive ashes, garbage, or other material, and it can be tilted backward into an alley, so that its contents may be removed without entering the yard. The hanging cover is arranged to close the opening at the top of the box securely and effectually, and when the box resumes its vertical position after being tilted the cover has resumed its position as a closure for the opening without any manual manipulation whatever. An arm d is pivoted on the side of the box, so that it can be raised to support the cover while material is being thrown into the box in the manner shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 2 I have shown my improved tilting box provided with a device for sifting ashes, and I will now proceed to describe this refinement of the invention.

E designates a shaker supported 011 the sides of the box by means of the straps e and having a perforated bottom hinged at e to one side of the shaker. The free end of the hinged bottom is normally held in place by means of a cord or other device F, which passes through an opening in the box and is fastened to the free end of the hinged bottom substantially as shown and described in an application filed by me February 21, 1898, Serial No. 671,057. A cross-piece Gis secured within the box behind the shaker, and a perforated incline g extends from this cross-piece to an opening g in the front of the box. A hood II is arranged over the opening g and on the front of the box, and it is provided with converging sides and a contracted discharge-opening h at its bottom. A chute is thereby formed by the hood with its contracted sides and the front of the box. When the shaker is agitated by means of the handle f, the ashes fall through the hinged bottom thereof and the perforated incline to the bottom of the box, and thereafter when the separation has become complete the cord F is loosened to permit the hinged bottom of the shaker to swing down, so that the coals may slide down through the opening g into the hood and be discharged into a hod or other receptacle I, located beneath the contracted discharge-opening of the hood.

The sifting devices are arranged in the front part of the box, so that when the box is tilted the ashes can be removed without in terfering with the sifting devices. An open ing J is arranged at the side of the box, so that clinkers may be put in the box without raising the cover, and this opening is closed by a shutter of any improved construction.

In order to adapt my box for holding garbage or ashes, or both, I provide a partitionplate K, which extends from the cover 0 to the cross-piece G and from side to side of the box, this partition-plate serving as a cover for the sifting devices. The cover 0 of the box is provided with an opening and a hinged door 7t therefor, this opening being located above the partition-plate K. The door 7.: may be opened and garbage or other material thrown into the box, the partition-plate serving to protect the sifting devices. The box as thus constructed serves a double purpose, being capable of use exclusively as an ashsifter or as a garbage-receptacle, or it may be used for both, as the sifted ashes and the garbage will drop to the bottom of the box and the separated coals will not come in contact with the garbage or other material at all.

I have referred to mounting the tilting box in either a fence or a frame separated from the fence, and it will be understood that the box can be constituted and arranged and 0p erated in the same manner mounted in either way. In Figs. 5 and 6, however, I have illustrated the box as mounted in a frame comprising a base P, the sides 19, the inclined supports 1), and the cross-piece Q. The box is provided with studs q, as in the other construction, and these studs rest in brackets R on the inclined supports 12'. This frame can be located in any desired place, and it will be observed that the box is constructed to all intents and purposes exactly as when it is mounted on the fence, the cover being hinged to the cross-piece Q. A cross-piece S is secured at the bottom of the box to cooperate with the cross-piece D to limit the swinging movement of the box. I would therefore have it distinctly understood that by the term frame I mean to include such a frame as may surround the opening in a fence or any kind of movable frame, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-=- 1. In a combined garbage-receptacle and ash-sifter, the combination with a frame hav ing an opening therein, of a tilting box pivotally supported on the frame, a cover hinged to the frame above the box, and having an opening therein, a door for said opening, a rearwardly-inclined partition supported transversely within the box, in front of the opening in the cover, a sifter supported in front of said inclined partition, a perforated incline within the box secured at its upper end below the inclined partition, and chute or passage-way below the sifter.

2. In a combined garbage-receptacle and ash-sifter, the combination with a frame hav= ing an opening therein, of a tilting box pivotally secured upon the frame, a coverhinged to the frame above the box, and having an opening therein, a door for said opening, a rearwardly-inclined partition supported transversely within the box, in front of the opening in the cover, a sifter supported in front of the inclined partition, and having a perforated bottom hinged at its rear side, a

perforated incline secured below the sifter, a chute arranged below the sifter, and means for dropping the bottom of the sifter to allow its contents to pass through the chute.

3. The combination with the frame and tilting box, of a cover hinged to the frame, and having an opening, a cross-piece arranged within the box, a rearwardly-inclined partition supported by said cross-piece, a perforated incline secured at its upper edge to said cross-piece, a sifter supported between the partition and incline, and having aperforated bottom hinged at its rear side, a chute toin, a chute below the sifter, means for agi tating the sifter, means for dropping the bottom of the sifteron its hinges, and an inclined cover hinged to the frame above the box, and having an opening provided with a door located above the partition, whereby the garbage may be emptied into the box Without affecting the sifting devices.

JOHN C. MURPHY. lVitn esses WM. 0. BELT, O. L. 001). 

